Gate-latch.



110.797,48@ .PATBNTBD AUG.15,1905.

L. H. zANDERs.

GATE LATCH.

APPLIOATIDH FILED IAB..18,1904

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LOUIS HENRY ZANDERS, OF SILVER CITY, IOVA.

GATE-LATCH.

Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 15, 1905.

Application led March 18, 1904. Serial No. 198,794-

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LOUIS HENRY ZANDERs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Silver City, in thecounty of Mills and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Gate- Latch, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates generally to gatelatches, and more particularly to a latch adapted for use upon farm-gates, although it will be understood that the latch may be used upon any construction of gate.

Another object of the invention is to provide a latch suitable for either rightor left hand gates; and the invention consists in the novel features of construction and combination, all of which will be fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings formiuga part of this specication, Figure l is a perspective view showing the practical application of my invention. Fig. 2 is a face view of the keeper. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the latch. Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken centrally through the keeper, and Fig. 5 is a top plan View showing the latch in engagement with the keeper.

Referring to the drawings, A indicates an ordinary farm-gate, and B the gate-post, said gate having a latch C connected thereto and which is adapted to engage the keeper D, arranged upon the gate-post B.

The latch C consists of the vertical arm Q' and the horizontal arm C2, said horizontal arm having a lateral extension C3. The vertical arm is slotted vertically, as shown at G4, and through which screws or bolts C5 are passed for the purpose'of securing the latch to the end batten oi the gate.

The keeper comprises a horizontal arm bifurcated at one end, as shown at D', one of the members projecting beyond the other, and in practice I prefer to have this projecting member the upper one. The lower member is provided with a projection D3, back of which the lateral extension C3 is adapted to be guided, the bifurcation Dl being of such shape as to readily guide the said extension into engagement with the projections D3. The keeper D is pivotally connected to a frame E, said frame being provided at its upper end Withahousing E', in which the keeper is pivoted, and a spring F, connected to the end of the keeper, is connected also to one of the extending ends E2 of the frame E. By disconnecting the spring and removing the pivotbolt of the keeper said keeper can be reversed and the spring connected to the opposite end of the frame, thereby rendering the latch capable of use upon either left or right hand gates. In order to prevent the keeper having too great an upward movement, I employ a bar G, which is pivoted to the bottom of the frame E, as shown at G', and atits upper end is formed with a hook G2, which is adapted to extend over and limit the upward movement of the keeper.

It will thus be seen that I provide an exceedingly cheap, simple, and eicient construction of reversible'gate-latch.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A device of the kind described comprising a keeper having a horizontal arm bifurcated at one end, said arm being pivoted intermediate its ends and being arranged horizontally and parallel with the inner face of the gate-post, a spring lconnected at one end of the non-bifurcated end of the arm, a frame having a projection, said frame being connected with the gate-post and the projection connected to the other end of the spring, and a latch adapted to be carried by a gate and having an angled laterally-projecting portion adapted to engage the bifurcated end of the keeper-arm.

2. A device of the kind described comprising a frame adapted to be secured to a gatepost and to extend upon each side of the inner face of the post, a keeper comprising an arm bifurcated at one end, said arm being pivoted to said frame and adapted to normally occupy a position parallel to the projecting portions of the frame, a bar pivoted to the frame having a hook portion, the hook portion of the bar being adapted to engage the keeper upon one side of the pivotal point, a spring adapted to be secured at one end tothe non-bifurcated end of the keeper-arm and at the other end to either of the extending ends of the frame and a latch carried by a gate and adapted to engage the bifurcated end of the keeper.

'ed to limit the upward movement of the keeper-arm.

LOUIS HENRY ZANDERS.

Witnesses:

C. F. MEARS, L. W. HUFFAKER.

connecting the rear end of the keeper-arm, to the rear end of the frame, and a bar having a hook portion pivoted to the frame, and adapt- 

